TrocaBrahma 07: July 26 – 29: London, Liverpool, Glasgow

* Brasilian psych-rock superstars Os Mutantes to play first-ever live shows in Scotland & Liverpool (plus rare London date): they’ll collaborate with Optimo on exclusive new music for TrocaBrahma.

* Also: exclusive live collaborations and brand-new material from Gruff Rhys, King Creosote, Bonde Do Role, Four Tet, Diplo, Ben Westbeech, Radioclit and many more at TrocaBrahma.

Brahma invites you to celebrate the spirit of Brasil this summer with TrocaBrahma.

TrocaBrahma 07 will synthesise the finest in established and emerging UK and Brasilian music talent for an incandescent series of must-see live shows, urban art and truly exclusive collaborations. It runs through London, Liverpool and Glasgow from July 26-29.

Converging a fiery cast of UK stars – including champion rhapsodist King Creosote, electronic alchemist Four Tet, wily Welsh pop warlock Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), global groove maharishi Gilles Peterson, clamouring party-starters Optimo and urban jungle wunderkind Ben Westbeech; and a blazing range of Brasilian luminaries – such as psych-rock behemoths Os Mutantes, incendiary genre-benders Bonde do Role, counter-cultural superstar Tony da Gatorra, exquisite pop collective Open Field Church, celestial samba bard Romulo Froes, (and Favela sonic archivist Diplo), TrocaBrahma 07 is set to deliver an exhilarating culture jam of UK and Brasilian talent.

Much of the carnival's fruit will be borne from the TrocaBrahma Exchange: a project during which the aforementioned UK acts will visit Brasil in May to engage and create with like minded – and unlikely – indigenous counterparts.

Thus, expect an impassioned alliance of oddball arias and post-punk clatter from Gruff Rhys meets Tony da Gatorra; kaleidoscopic ghetto-pop chaos from Bonde do Role meet Radioclit / Amanda Blank; sublime Scottish folk and balmy bossa nova from King Creosote meets Romulo Froes; electronic wizardry and choral serenades from Four Tet meets Open Field Church; downtown samba-jazz and inner-city soul from Tita Lima meets Ben Westbeech; and ground-breaking mayhem from Tropicalia lodestars Os Mutantes with club-land tearaways Optimo.

All of the participating artists (full details below) will re-converge in the UK to perform their unique collaborations live for the first time at TrocaBrahma. All artists will also perform full live solo sets during July’s chromatic festivities.

TrocaBrahma is now an annual event and a vital highlight on the global music calendar.

TrocaBrahma continues Brahma’s celebration of Brasilian art and music.

For further information on Brahma and TrocaBrahma: www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma 07: Full UK Listings

LONDON:

TrocaBrahma: Ben Westbeech meets Tita Lima - hosted by Gilles Peterson

Thursday 26th July

London, Guanabara, Parker St. (corner Drury Lane)

Tickets: £10

Doors 5.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma: Os Mutantes meet Optimo; Bonde Do Role meet Radioclit / Amanda Blank - hosted by Diplo

Friday 27th July

London, The Forum, 9-17 Highgate Rd, Kentish Town

Tickets £16

Doors 7.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma: Four Tet meets Open Field Church

Saturday 28th July

London, Plastic People, 147-149 Curtain Road, Shoreditch

Tickets £10

Doors 10.00pm

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TrocaBrahma: King Creosote meets Romulo Froes; Gruff Rhys meets Tony da Gatorra 

Sunday 29th July

London, Koko, 1A Camden High St 

Tickets £16

Doors 7.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

LIVERPOOL

TrocaBrahma: King Creosote meets Romulo Froes; Gruff Rhys meets Tony da Gatorra; Ben Westbeech meets Tita Lima – hosted by Gilles Peterson. 

Friday 27th July

Liverpool, The New Picket, 61 Jordan St 

Tickets £14

Doors 7.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma: Os Mutantes meet Optimo; Bonde Do Role meets Radioclit / Amanda Blank – hosted by Diplo

Saturday 28th July

Liverpool, The New Picket, 61 Jordan St

Tickets £14

Doors 7.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma: Four Tet meets Open Field Church

Sunday 29th July

Liverpool, Bumper, 14-18 Hardman St                                                                                 

FREE

Doors 8.30pm

www.trocabrahma.com

GLASGOW

TrocaBrahma: Four Tet meets Open Field Church

Friday 27th July

Glasgow, The Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St

Tickets £10

Doors 10.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma: King Creosote meets Romulo Froes; Gruff Rhys meets Tony da Gatorra

Saturday 28th July

Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs 

Tickets £14

Doors 7.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma: Ben Westbeech meets Tita Lima – hosted by Gilles Peterson.

Saturday 28th July

Glasgow, The Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica St 

Tickets £10

Doors 10.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

TrocaBrahma: Os Mutantes meet Optimo; Bonde Do Role meets Radioclit / Amanda Blank – hosted by Diplo

Sunday 29th July

Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs  

Tickets £14

Doors 7.00pm

www.trocabrahma.com

Ticket Outlets

Online: www.trocabrahma.com

Phone: 0870 2201116

In person:                 

London:

Fopp stores – Camden High St., Tottenham Court Rd.

& Shaftesbury Avenue (1 Earlham St.)

& for applicable shows only at

Koko, 1A Camden High Street,

Guanabara, Parker Street (corner of Drury Lane)

& The Forum’s regular outlets

Liverpool

3 Beat Records 5 Slater St,

Bulletproof 41 Hardman St,

& Fopp 19 Brown St Manchester.

Glasgow

Tickets Scotland 239 Argyle St,

Fopp stores - 358 Byres Rd & 19 Union St.